Speak to the Earth progress

I can't believe how quickly time flies past!  I meant to pop back in sooner with my progress update but as we can all see it didn't quite happen.  So I'm here today to share it with you now.  Let's have a look at where I was when we last visited.

Progress as of 7-31-15

Progress as of 9-6-15

Here it is as of last week.  I worked really hard to get this month's assignment done early as I knew I would be going out of town for our anniversary.

I'm really happy we've finally gotten to the section with the animals!  That cow is just so cute.  The snake was a bit tedious with all the color changes but it turned out really neat in the end.  The day I worked on the words was a nice bright sunny one.  I have to be in a special mood and in the right light to be able to do the over one on this high of count.

I decided to do the grass under the cow as far as I could get before I needed to change colors again.  You can just see the outline of the cat's tail between the tree trunk and the cow's back hoof.  Stay tuned, there will be lots more cute critters to come!

I'm contemplating posting about the trip.  There wasn't much stitchy-wise on this one since it was hubby and I.  I did manage to find a shop but I'd visited it before and that's why I wanted to go back.  It's a good one.  They were celebrating their 40th anniversary of business and marriage the same week we were there for ours.  How fun!

Well, I know it's a quickie today.  I hope all is well where you are.  Thank you so much for sticking with me as my posts have unintentionally gotten fewer.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Until next time,

The Inspired Stitcher

Speak to the Earth progress

Hello friends!  As promised, I'm back to share my Speak to the Earth progress for July.  I worked on this quite a bit one night when I was at the Getaway in Russellville.  Then I worked on it some more in the following weeks.  Here's a peek at where it stands now and where it was when we visited last!

Progress as of 6/7/15

Progress as of 7/31/15

I'm really loving that strawberry band!  You know how I love my strawberries.  I got that put in while I was away.  Then I did the left side at home.  I'm thinking I've gotten myself ahead of our assignments.  It's easy to do with this one!  We should be starting some animals soon and I know there's some more over one words right below those strawberries.  Stay tuned!

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Speaking of strawberries, I just have to show you the sweet thing Peg over at Kentucky Sampler sent me!  She's doing some downsizing.  She said she found this at a the Peddler's Mall a while back. 

Here's the pretty paper and the card inside the box she sent!  Oh the suspense!

Just look at this sweet strawberry make-do!  It's sitting atop an old wooden spool with wire tendrils hanging down.  It's made of the softest velvet with cotton gingham leaves.  It's also pretty good size.  I'd say around six inches tall!  It's sitting on my mantle where I can see it from my stitching nest.  Thank you so much, Peg!  I'm happy to give it a new home and will think of you always.  What a treasure!

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Well folks, there you have it!  I hope your July has been good to you.  I can't believe summer is winding down already.  Soon it will be back-to-school time again.  I'm going to enjoy every last scrap of summer I can get between now and then.  LOL!  Have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Until next time,

The Inspired Stitcher

Speak to the Earth - progress

Saturday I got together with the Tiara Club for an all day stitch.  I hadn't worked on Speak to the Earth much last month and needed to get myself caught up so I decided that would be my project for the day.  I can't believe I haven't shown any progress on this one since March!

Progress as of 3/31/15

I had started working on it at various points last month and got stumped by the queen stitch row.  Now those that know me know I don't mind this stitch at all. It's not a nemesis to me like it is to some folks.  In reflection, I think what had me stumped was two fold.  I'm working on 40 ct. fabric and that makes these stitches super tiny plus, rather than have them touching like they typically are, these had two threads between them on the first row.  The second row snugged into the gap.  For some ridiculous reason I had a mental block on the placement.  Once I got the first one in on both rows, I was off and running again!

  Progress as of 6/7/15

As you can tell from the picture I got a bit carried away.  I know I've said it before but this one is really hard to put down once I get started on it.  I just had to see what that squirrel looked like once I got myself caught up on this month's assignment.  Which, by the way, was to stitch from the middle of the "E" down to the "W" and across to the right.

I also decided to finish framing in the blue zig-zag inner border just so I would have something to count off of for future assignments.  My peep, Marsha, gave me that idea.  I think it's going to be really helpful too.

I feel like this sampler is starting to take shape now.  Soon we will be stitching the animals at the bottom.  I can hardly wait for that!  I'm really enjoying this one.  Now that I have a significant portion stitched I can tell my fabric choice is going to make this seem dainty when it's done.  Cool!

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Well folks, that's all I have for today.  I hope you were able to put needle to linen this past weekend too.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and thank you for your sweet comments on my last post.  You all just make my day!

Until next time,

The Inspired Stitcher